Hi Tommy, Now that address really makes sense to me. My great grandparents were living at 121 Byers Avenue in 1936 when my great Aunt Blanche Schreiner married a Murry Clark, Jr. It was the address that was listed in her marriage announcement. So now I am thinking that they probably handled several funerals for my Schreiner family and not just my great-grandmother's. Thank you so much for the information. I plan to write to them today. Andrea (Schreiner) Heslin ----- Original Message ----- From: <freeway@uia.net> To: <MOJASPER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 10:54 PM Subject: [MOJASPER] Re: Mortuary Record Question > > Andrea, they didn't charge me a penny. Pretty nice people. They even > included the original obituary clipped from the Joplin Globe in 1946. I > guess someone clipped it from the paper and included it in her file; > possibly saying "Hey, you never know - maybe in 50 or 60 years somebody > will come asking about this nice lady, and we'll be able to provide a > little something extra for them." I was very surprised to receive it, let > me tell you. Be sure and include a self-addressed stamped envelope with > your request. > > Thornhill-Dillon Mortuary > 602 S Byers Ave > Joplin, MO 64801 > > (417) 623-4567 Fax: (417) 623-5647 > > BTW - I compared my grandmother's pallbearers with those you listed and did > not find any names in common. > > ******************************* > > And to Marilyn - thank you for looking this up.. I'm wondering what 43 > might have been. It's little things like this that will wake me up from a > sound sleep at night.. I've taken to keeping a pencil and notepad next to > the bed - it's the only way I can go back to sleep. :) I'm going to send a > thank-you note to them and inquire about the missing entries. I'll stop > procrastinating and do it now. > > Tommy McCoy > Fontana, CA > >